Post #8

Time and pace reenforces the reality effect of the types of theatre we discussed this week such as single tweet and multi-tweet twitter dramas, futurist pieces and durationals. It is interesting the role that time and pace has in twitter theatre. The time is always documented in a twitter drama and the place can be documented. Like mentioned in the blog prompt, it is real-time, which enhances the reality effect. Twitter is meant to be used on the go during everyday life, which makes twitter dramas feel real. For multi-tweet twitter dramas pace and time are important for the followers to stay up to date with. Futuristic theatre also focuses on shorter plays, which is done using pace and short time frames.

I think one cool idea to bring theatre into technology and the "right here, right now" aspect would be to record broadway plays. It would give people who aren't able to go see broadway a chance to see it from their home or TV. The Sound of Music broadcasted on TV, which made the broadway experience "right here, right now". A company called National Theatre Live is going to record a performance of Of Mice and Men  to show in movie theaters across America. I think we could even localize this idea and film local plays to have showings after the performance has ended. I think this would achieve the goal of the "right here, right now" of theatre because it brings performance to theaters or even computers. It will make it more accessible.

http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/ntlout8-of-mice-and-men

Post #7

My production would be a murder mystery dinner party. It would take place at a restaurant, where the waiters, chefs, and hostess's would be acting as usual. The people eating at the restaurant would be the audience. The audience would purchase a ticket and would understand that they were signing up for dinner and a murder mystery party. It would use the 6 axioms of environment theatre. It would be a set of related transaction in the way the people interact with each other and the restaurant staff. It will use all the space because it is using the whole restaurant. It will take place in a transformed space. The focus would be flexible because it is heavily dependent on the audience, and variable because there could be different ways to solve the murder mystery.

The framework of site-specific theatre and environmental theatre effects my production because my production does not take place in a theater. It heavily relies on the environment to be successful. I think it would be an enhancement for the audience. Certain members of the audience would not actually be audience members, they would be performers acting as the audience. They will help further along the mystery.

I agree with Kantor's view because people are utterly surprised when seeing theatre outside of a theater. People expect theatre to be in a box sometimes, and don't realize that street performers can be theatre as well. I think it does surprise people when theatre is in a different site than usual.

Post #6

In this technological era, I think we can use it to improve our theatrical culture. In my arts management class, we talked about recordings of broadway plays and if it would positively or negatively affect theatre. I think that we should embrace technology and the media to be innovative in what we consider performance. I think you can video a performance and it still be a performance because it was filmed live and present. Although, it is not happening in a present form. I do not think we are in danger or losing this artistic expression. However, I think we can use it to compliment it.

I think that "imagined memory" is a very interesting concept. I think social media gives you a way of keeping up with people's lives and feeling like you are "there" without really being "there". It almost reminds me of watching home videos that my parents recorded when I was younger. We've gone back and watched the old videos from time to time when all the family is together or on holidays and sometimes I confuse my memories from when I was younger with what I actually remember or what I remember seeing on video. For instance, there is a video of my first Christmas, so in my mind I remember it because over the years we've watched the video. However, I think that my memories are of the video rather than actually remembering things when I was six months old. This does make me feel fully present in that moment after seeing the video of myself being there. I think this impacts art and theatre because if you see a video of a performance, you are left with the memory of the performance after you watch it even if you weren't actually there for the live performance. The memory is still with you.